diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tenacity/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tenacity/default.nix
index 39d0ab9086f2..74b25ca57c6f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tenacity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tenacity/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
+  fetchpatch,
   pytest-asyncio,
   pytestCheckHook,
   pythonOlder,
@@ -22,6 +23,18 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-EWnTdsKX5944jRi0SBdg1Hiw6Zp3fK06nIblVvS2l8s=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/jd/tenacity/commit/eed7d785e667df145c0e3eeddff59af64e4e860d.patch";
+      includes = [
+        "tenacity/__init__.py"
+        "tests/test_asyncio.py"
+        "tests/test_issue_478.py"
+      ];
+      hash = "sha256-TMhBjRmG7pBP3iKq83RQzkV9yO2TEcA+3mo9cz6daxs=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   build-system = [ setuptools-scm ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [